Kawell Horseback Expeditions Chile
Phone: (+56) 2 242 1971
Mobile: (+56) 9 9991 60 52 / (+56) 9 9133 40 83
Who are we?
Kawell means horse in Mapuche language. The Mapuche are the indigenous inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina.
Kawell Horseback Expeditions was created in order to promote equestrian tourism within Chile and its founders have been involved in the equestrian world for many years.
We have travelled across the whole of Chile to create original and adventurous expeditions, named “Kawell Produtcs”, which are characterized by:
- Our focus on client security and respect for animals & the environment (see our Ethical Codes)
- Our well trained and specialized guides. We have our own training center in order to continuously improve our service level. All our guides speak at least 3 languages.
- Our philosophy is reflected in the composition of the expeditions, where we encourage our clients to discover Chile’s nature and its people. Sharing their daily lives for a brief moment of time is part of our trips.
- A selection of destinations off the beaten path: we have designed exclusive expeditions to places so little frequented, that their natural beauty and cultural authentic is still preserved.
On our website you will also find “Friend Product” which are selected expeditions offered by other companies. These companies we have selected are obliged to fully oblige by our Ethical Codes.
The Kawell Expeditions staff:
Sandra Meynard,
A French woman living in Chile since 2002, she quickly fell in love with this wonderful country ( and also with a Chilean man a little bit after…) and recognised it as an ideal place to realise her great dream :
- To join her two pasions, travels and horses.
She is graduated in the field of rural and sporting tourism and have a State Diploma as an instructress of horsemanship and a qualified first aider. She worked in this field in France, Costa Rica and Spain.. She has traveled most of the coutry, always looking for the best horseback expeditions and wishing understand the local culture and traditions.
She has founded a horse riding center in Santiago with an chilean partner in 2006 (www.equilibre.cl ).
She has created Kawell Expediciones in 2004 and in 2009 she decided to associate with Suzanne in order to revitalize and give more broadth to the company.
Suzanne l’Ami,
Despite the French sound of her name, Suzanne hails from the Netherlands! She arrived in Chile in 2008 and quickly decided that this amazing country offered her exactly what she sought::
- Beauty, nature, horses, dogs, mountains and culture. And not to forget: the beautiful Spanish language!.
Born in Mexico, Suzanne has lived in many countries (Holland, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Spain, UK, Belgium and now Chile) and speaks Dutch, French, English, Spanish, Italian & German.
Horseback riding since the age of 9, Suzanne has gained plentiful experience in riding and training horses. Suzanne holds a Dutch Horseback Riding License (Nederlands Ruiterbewijs), recognized by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, and a first aid diploma issued by the Red Cross. She is recognized as a guide in Chile by SERNATUR and CONAF.
She is also an owner and founder of Chile Off Track (www.chileofftrack.com),operator of tailored tours in Chile.
Sandra and Suzanne have created “S y S turismo LTDA” wich groups Kawell Horseback Expeditions and Chileofftrack ´s products.
Our local guides:
Each guide knows his area intimately and is keen to help you discover the most beautiful places..
Ismael Gutierrez
Marco Silva
Pancho Perez
Favián Sandoval
“Chile offers an exceptional variety of landscapes and climates, a large equestrian culture and the safety of a stable social and economic situation.”